Supplement Container System

ABSTRACT

A supplement container system includes a housing including a perimeter wall that has top edge defining an upper opening and a bottom edge defining a lower opening. A dividing wall is spaced from the top and bottom edges and divides an interior of the housing into an upper portion adjacent to the top edge and a lower portion adjacent to the bottom edge. A plurality of upper compartment walls is attached to and extends upwardly from the dividing wall and divides the upper portion into a plurality of upper compartments. A plurality of lower compartment walls is attached to and extends downwardly from the dividing wall and divides the lower portion into a plurality of lower compartments. A lower cover releasably engages the bottom edge and closes the lower opening. An upper cover releasably engages the top edge and closes the upper opening.

(b) CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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(c) STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

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(d) THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT

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(e) INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISCOR AS A TEXT FILE VIE THE OFFICE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM.

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(f) STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR JOINTINVENTOR

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(g) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2)Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR1.97 and 1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to supplement container devices andmore particularly pertains to a new supplement container device forholding a plurality of health supplements separate from each other.

(h) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a housing including a perimeter wall that has topedge and a bottom edge. The top edge defines an upper opening extendinginto the housing. The bottom edge defines a lower opening extending intothe housing. A dividing wall is positioned within the housing and isspaced from the top and bottom edges. The dividing wall divides aninterior of the housing into an upper portion adjacent to the top edgeand a lower portion adjacent to the bottom edge. A plurality of uppercompartment walls is attached to and extends upwardly from the dividingwall and divides the upper portion into a plurality of uppercompartments. A plurality of lower compartment walls is attached to andextends downwardly from the dividing wall and divides the lower portioninto a plurality of lower compartments. A lower cover releasably engagesthe bottom edge and closes the lower opening. An upper cover releasablyengages the top edge and closes the upper opening.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

(i) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a supplement container systemaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a broken cross-sectional view of an embodiment of thedisclosure taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosuretaken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

(j) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through5 thereof, a new supplement container device embodying the principlesand concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designatedby the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5, the supplement containersystem 10 generally comprises a housing 12 including a perimeter wall 14that has top edge 16 and a bottom edge 18. The top edge 16 defines anupper opening 20 extending into the housing 12. The bottom edge 18defines a lower opening 22 extending into the housing 12. The perimeterwall 14 has a height from the bottom edge 18 to the top edge 16 that isless than 10.0 inches. The perimeter wall 14 may have a cylindricalshape and a diameter being no greater than 8.0 inches. A dividing wall24 is positioned within the housing 12 and is spaced from the top 16 andbottom 18 edges. The dividing wall 24 divides an interior of the housing12 into an upper portion 26 adjacent to the top edge 16 and a lowerportion 28 adjacent to the bottom edge 18.

A plurality of upper compartment walls 30 is provided. The uppercompartment walls 30 are attached to and extend upwardly from thedividing wall 24 to divide the upper portion 26 into a plurality ofupper compartments 32. The upper compartment walls 30 extend outwardlyfrom a central axis of the housing 12 extending through the upper 20 andlower 22 openings such that the upper compartments 32 are “pie” shaped.A plurality of lower compartment walls 34 is also provided. The lowercompartment walls 34 are attached to and extend downwardly from thedividing wall 24 to divide the lower portion 28 into a plurality oflower compartments 36. The lower compartment walls 34 extend outwardlyfrom the central axis. The number of upper 32 and lower 36 compartmentswill include at least two of each and no more than six of each.

A lower cover 38 releasably engages the bottom edge 18 and closes thelower opening 22. The lower cover 38 includes a plurality of lower doors40 that are selectively positioned in an open position or a closedposition. Each of the lower doors 40 corresponds with one of the lowercompartments 36. An upper cover 42 releasably engages the top edge 16and closes the upper opening 20. The upper cover 42 includes a pluralityof upper doors 44 each selectively positioned in an open position or aclosed position. Each of the upper doors 44 corresponds with one of theupper compartments 32. The upper 44 and lower 40 doors each arepivotally coupled to a central area of a respective one of the upper 42and lower 38 covers. Each of the upper 44 and lower 40 doors may includea tab 46 frictionally engageable with a catch 48 for retaining the upper44 and lower 40 doors in the closed position.

FIG. 5 includes an embodiment having a housing 50 with no dividing wall24 and a perimeter wall having a height of less than 2.0 inches. Afunnel 52 is also provided for assisting persons pouring supplementpowders into the upper 32 or lower 36 compartments.

In use, the system 10 is used for holding various articles and inparticular food materials that are used as supplements by personsexercising. By providing multiple compartments 32, 36 the user mayinclude a plurality of different supplements, such a powders, tabletsand the like, and keep the supplements separate from each other forusage as needed.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A container assembly configured for holding a plurality ofdietary supplements, said container assembly including: a housingincluding a perimeter wall having top edge and a bottom edge, said topedge defining an upper opening extending into said housing, said bottomedge defining a lower opening extending into said housing; a dividingwall being positioned within said housing and being spaced from said topand bottom edges, said dividing wall dividing an interior of saidhousing into an upper portion adjacent to said top edge and a lowerportion adjacent to said bottom edge; a plurality of upper compartmentwalls, said upper compartment walls being attached to and extendingupwardly from said dividing wall and dividing said upper portion into aplurality of upper compartments; a plurality of lower compartment walls,said lower compartment walls being attached to and extending downwardlyfrom said dividing wall and dividing said lower portion into a pluralityof lower compartments; a lower cover releasably engaging said bottomedge and closing said lower opening; and an upper cover releasablyengaging said top edge and closing said upper opening.
 2. The containerassembly according to claim 1, wherein said perimeter wall has a heightfrom said bottom edge to said top edge being less than 10.0 inches. 3.The container assembly according to claim 1, wherein said uppercompartment walls extend outwardly from a central axis of said housingextending through said upper and lower openings.
 4. The containerassembly according to claim 3, wherein said lower compartment wallsextends outwardly from said central axis.
 5. The container assemblyaccording to claim 1, wherein said lower cover includes a plurality oflower doors being selectively positioned in an open position or a closedposition, each of said lower doors corresponding with one of said lowercompartments.
 6. The container assembly according to claim 5, whereinsaid upper cover includes a plurality of upper doors being selectivelypositioned in an open position or a closed position, each of said upperdoors corresponding with one of said upper compartments.
 7. A containerassembly configured for holding a plurality of dietary supplements, saidcontainer assembly including: a housing including a perimeter wallhaving top edge and a bottom edge, said top edge defining an upperopening extending into said housing, said bottom edge defining a loweropening extending into said housing, said perimeter wall having a heightfrom said bottom edge to said top edge being less than 10.0 inches; adividing wall being positioned within said housing and being spaced fromsaid top and bottom edges, said dividing wall dividing an interior ofsaid housing into an upper portion adjacent to said top edge and a lowerportion adjacent to said bottom edge; a plurality of upper compartmentwalls, said upper compartment walls being attached to and extendingupwardly from said dividing wall and dividing said upper portion into aplurality of upper compartments, said upper compartment walls extendingoutwardly from a central axis of said housing extending through saidupper and lower openings; a plurality of lower compartment walls, saidlower compartment walls being attached to and extending downwardly fromsaid dividing wall and dividing said lower portion into a plurality oflower compartments, said lower compartment walls extending outwardlyfrom said central axis; a lower cover releasably engaging said bottomedge and closing said lower opening, said lower cover including aplurality of lower doors being selectively positioned in an openposition or a closed position, each of said lower doors correspondingwith one of said lower compartments; and an upper cover releasablyengaging said top edge and closing said upper opening, said upper coverincluding a plurality of upper doors being selectively positioned in anopen position or a closed position, each of said upper doorscorresponding with one of said upper compartments.